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Second time having as per the recipe. An excellent cocktail and definitely on the dry/sour side of the scale. Notwithstanding Simon Sedgley's comment regarding the amount of Chartreuse, I rather think it would work nicely with a tad more, not less! Aside from ones sweet / bitter preferences, one's preferred Chartreuse amount will likely vary with the sweetness / tartness of the lemons one uses. Regardless, highly recommended as prescribed.
Strega holds its own in this. With all the bitter and herbal activity going on, the aftertaste ends up being relatively dry. I'm seeing this more as a Corpse Reviver #2 variant.
I think this is completely delightful in flavour but unbalanced vis a vis sweetness. I added 1/4oz gin and that took the edge off. Am looking forward to trying this with a dry vermouth to see if that tempers things. As it stands, the vermouth is pretty shy and retiring in this drink.
Much as we love Yellow Chartreuse, in this instance we reduce it to 20ml and up all other ingredients to 25ml. No offense to the good monks...all things in moderation, as perhaps they would agree. Although Mr Wilde had another view on that subject which maybe the monks smile at when it comes to their tipple.
I understand where you are coming from, but I wonder if maybe the tartness of the lemons was a factor? i.e. if not overly tart, maybe less Chartreuse / sweetness needed? Having tried this twice now, I am considering repeating with 5ml more or maybe decreasing the lemon by 5ml.
Very nice. The subtle flavours of the yellow chartreuse adds an additional herbal taste to the gin base. Lemon did add a hint of citrus which was very refreshing.
Do think the 9 rating of dryness is a bit high. I would say a 7 or 8. Our lemons were tree ripened so that may have added to the sweetness.